lunchtime netcrawling and wiki-ing
Thursday, November 01, 2007
the topic of today's lunchtime netcrawling is.. running shoes.
1) 'saucony is pronounced: saw - co - knee. it is named after the Saucon River in Pennsylvania and means "swiftly running waters."' finally! i've been trying to find out how to pronounce that correctly for so longggg.. saw-co-knee.
2) do u know that the founders of adidas and puma are brothers? adidas is named after its founder adolf (adi) dassler. his brother, rudolf dassler, founded puma. and oh. they're german. with a name like adolf, who could tell?
3) new balance is american - and proud of it. they pride themselves in having their shoes made in the US of A, unlike all the other brands who have moved their production plants elsewhere, esp in cheap Asia.
4) asics is japanese, as is mizuno. ok mizuno sounds japanese, but i didnt know asics was.
5) reebok is british, the name comes from Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of rhebok, a type of african antelope or gazelle. original name: mercury sports. adidas bought over reebok in 2006.
6) umbro is british too, and just last month, nike bought over the company.
7) lotto is italian, and it is as old as me.
8) the name brooks was selected by its founder morris goldenberg as an anglicized substitute for his wife’s maiden name of bruchs. awww.. its american.
9) fila has changed nationality 3 times. originally italian and founded in 1911, it was sold to a US company in 2003, but in 2007 the global fila brand was acquired by fila korea, which now holds rights to the worldwide use of footwear and apparel brands of the parent firm.
ok what did i miss out?
1) 'saucony is pronounced: saw - co - knee. it is named after the Saucon River in Pennsylvania and means "swiftly running waters."' finally! i've been trying to find out how to pronounce that correctly for so longggg.. saw-co-knee.
2) do u know that the founders of adidas and puma are brothers? adidas is named after its founder adolf (adi) dassler. his brother, rudolf dassler, founded puma. and oh. they're german. with a name like adolf, who could tell?
3) new balance is american - and proud of it. they pride themselves in having their shoes made in the US of A, unlike all the other brands who have moved their production plants elsewhere, esp in cheap Asia.
4) asics is japanese, as is mizuno. ok mizuno sounds japanese, but i didnt know asics was.
5) reebok is british, the name comes from Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of rhebok, a type of african antelope or gazelle. original name: mercury sports. adidas bought over reebok in 2006.
6) umbro is british too, and just last month, nike bought over the company.
7) lotto is italian, and it is as old as me.
8) the name brooks was selected by its founder morris goldenberg as an anglicized substitute for his wife’s maiden name of bruchs. awww.. its american.
9) fila has changed nationality 3 times. originally italian and founded in 1911, it was sold to a US company in 2003, but in 2007 the global fila brand was acquired by fila korea, which now holds rights to the worldwide use of footwear and apparel brands of the parent firm.
ok what did i miss out?
4 Comments:
I see that u have the time to find the history of those sports brand huh..!!! too free ahh!!hhehehehe
commented by 
Azzare, 5:58 AM
Azzare, 5:58 AM
Brader, you forgot Etonic. Also dunno whether Grandsport have running shoes. You also forgot Marco, the black standard SAF issue before the NB & Reeboks.
MR Z, i love this entry...
I dont care much about what u missed out, its just hillarious, on how you corrected SAUCONY!
Many were guilty about that one.
Cheers,
Ms V
I dont care much about what u missed out, its just hillarious, on how you corrected SAUCONY!
Many were guilty about that one.
Cheers,
Ms V
dey adiddas and asadi!
